Naming (in simple terms, developing a name) is a distinct art form on which the success of a project depends on its quality. It works on products and brands as well as on movies and TV shows: admit that Grey’s Anatomy is more appealing to watch than Complications (one of the show’s original titles) and looks nicer than the Friends’ Six single.” Plus Studio producer and its president, Mikhail Kitaev, explains in a comment to Kinopoisk that naming content is approached with the same responsibility as choosing the name of one’s own child, so instead of Wild, Wild Luxury on the screens, Kept Women ends up . . . and “Once Upon a Time in Russia”” Brigade. Who knows if these series would have had the same number of fans and views if their authors had named them differently? We remember other “working” names of popular projects!
“Supernatural” – “Unnatural”
“Stranger Things” – “Montauk”
“The Big Bang Theory” – “Lenny, Penny and Kenny”
“Mr. Bean” – “Mr. Koliflower”
“Friends” – “Six Singles”
“Grey’s Anatomy” – “Complications”
“Survive” – ”Nowhere”
“Lizzie Maguire” – “What Is Lizzie Thinking?”
“Epidemic” – “Pestilens”
“Tough Teens” – “Aliens”
“Retained Women” – “Wild, Wild Suite”
“The Brigade” – “Once Upon a Time in Russia”
“Back to the Future” – “Alien from Pluto”
Source: People Talk
